muscadine

Vitis rotundifolia

Summary 2

Vitis rotundifolia, or muscadine, is a grapevine species native to the southeastern and south-central United States from Florida to Delaware, west to eastern Texas and Oklahoma. It has been extensively cultivated since the 16th century. The plants are well adapted to their native warm and humid climate; they need fewer chilling hours than better known varieties and they thrive on summer heat.

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  2. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitis_rotundifolia

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iNat Map

Form vine
Fruit type Berry
Fruit color Black, Purple
Fruit season Fall, Summer
Leaf arrangement Alternate
Simple/compound Simple
Evergreen or deciduous Deciduous
Leaf margin Toothed
Flower color green, yellow
Bloom time Spring, Summer